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4/19/17 <br /> 4 <br />Instead of a lot of new infrastructure they are looking at better <br />ways to do things. <br />• A Resolution Supporting Snap And Other Federal Nutrition <br />Programs: Town of Carrboro asks Senator Burr, Senator Tillis <br />and Congressman Price to reject any proposals in the 2018 Farm <br />Bill that cut funding to SNAP or other federal nutrition <br />programs; shift costs to the states; or otherwise reduce benefits <br />affecting low-income families, workers, children, the <br />unemployed, or the elderly. <br />• A Resolution Supporting Continued Participation In The North <br />Carolina Department Of Transportation’s Pedestrian And <br />Bicycle Safety Campaign Watch For Me NC For 2018: The <br />Carrboro Board of Aldermen that the Board of Aldermen <br />pledges, in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation, to participate in the 2018 Watch for Me NC <br />campaign. <br />Hillsborough <br />Board of <br />Commissioners <br />Physical Activity <br />& Nutrition • The Board discussed very little related to the BOH top <br />priorities. There were not meeting minutes for February or <br />March. They have passed a Resolution Supporting Snap And <br />Other Federal Nutrition Programs. <br /> <br />Orange Unified <br />Transportation <br />Board <br />(OUTBoard) <br />Physical Activity <br />& Nutrition • The Bicycle Safety Implementation Subcommittee are <br />working with The Video Club students at Cedar Ridge <br />High School to create four bicycle safety video PSAs. <br />Healthy <br />Carolinians of <br />Orange County <br />All Social Determinants of Health - Access: <br />• On February 9th HCOC hosted its first ever poverty <br />simulation exercise with 92 participants. During the poverty <br />simulation, participants assumed the roles of service <br />providers and family members. They went through a <br />“month” that consisted of 4-18 minute weeks where <br />participants dealt with the everyday barriers of those living in <br />poverty and the real life experiences that they deal with. <br />• HCOC’s Access committee hosted its very first Try Transit <br />Week (TTW) from October 23-28, 2017. The week was <br />implemented in response to transportation being a priority <br />for the OCHD, HCOC, and the BOH. Prior to the TTW, <br />the committee partnered with Orange Public Transportation, <br />Go Triangle, Chapel Hill Transit and the Department on <br />Aging and held two Transportation Academies. Together <br />the Academies educated over 40 service providers. Each <br />Academy taught the basics of local and regional transit so <br />that service providers would have the necessary knowledge <br />and tools to be able to help their clients connect to low- <br />cost/no cost transportation services and/or serve as a site <br />for an information kiosk.